![]() But we are glad that you are not leaving the university … we are glad that you will still be around, and we will continue to draw on your strengths.”Īssociate Professor Lange said Ronnie carried out her duties with distinction, a dry sense of humour, sharp analysis and an unfaltering ability to name the elephant in the room. “I can go on and on about Linda’s achievements,” Phakeng said. To date she remains the only academic at the UCT GSB to be awarded UCT’s Distinguished Teacher Award, and in 2018 she was voted lecturer of the year by the full-time MBA class – which, Phakeng added, has a reputation for setting very high lecturer standards. Ronnie has an enormous reputation in the academic sector, and is well known as a “top teacher”. “All of this under Linda’s leadership – enabling leadership, supportive and visionary leadership.” Basically, they showed us that doing the work of transformation is not just the work of black people it can be done by white people as well,” said Phakeng. Transforming the entire academic section of the school, the staff, the curriculum, the culture. One of them was receiving the 2019 Vice-Chancellor’s Transformation Award, presented to the School of Management Studies. Under her leadership, the faculty reached many other milestones. ![]() She was delighted by the achievement, but this was clouded by a reminder: transforming the professoriate would be a long journey. In 2020 Ronnie became the first woman of colour to achieve the rank of full professor in the Faculty of Commerce. She brought her wealth of institutional knowledge and experience to the job, and her tenure, together with her leadership, the faculty achieved many milestones,” said Professor Phakeng. “Linda has been an incredible, welcome presence in the leadership lekgotla. The event was held on Tuesday, 29 June, via Microsoft Teams. To celebrate Ronnie’s indelible contribution to academia, UCT’s deanery, her colleagues, students and other members of the campus community, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng (UCT vice-chancellor), Associate Professor Lis Lange (deputy vice-chancellor for teaching and learning) and other senior members of UCT’s leadership lekgotla gathered virtually to celebrate and honour Ronnie, and to bid her farewell. Professor Ronnie stepped down in November 2020, and her tenure at the helm of the faculty ended officially on 30 June 2021.īut she won’t be lost to the university, as Ronnie will continue teaching at the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) and will remain in an academic role in the School of Management Studies in the Faculty of Commerce. ![]() An excellent academic, an astute teacher and an outstanding leader with salient characteristics – that’s how colleagues and friends described Professor Linda Ronnie, outgoing dean of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Commerce.
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